T 9/24: William Faulkner, “Barn Burning” (1939) (ER)
Erin Weinstock: Is living by your family's virtues more important, or living by society's virtues?
Xiaoli Chen: Although Abner Snopes is an independent wolf that believes all his actions are righteous, do you think that he actually love his family and Colonel Sartoris that he beats?
What is the cost that one may have to pay when he/she decides to leave “family loyalty” behind and fight for justice as Sartoris did in “Barn Burning”?
Jesse Mixson: How do age and insight relate in the story? Who has the more mature and thoughtful world view -- the righteous father Abner or the more community-minded son Sartoris?
Erin Weinstock: Is living by your family's virtues more important, or living by society's virtues?
Xiaoli Chen: Although Abner Snopes is an independent wolf that believes all his actions are righteous, do you think that he actually love his family and Colonel Sartoris that he beats?
Roxanne Eugene:
What is the cost that one may have to pay when he/she decides to leave “family loyalty” behind and fight for justice as Sartoris did in “Barn Burning”?
Jesse Mixson: How do age and insight relate in the story? Who has the more mature and thoughtful world view -- the righteous father Abner or the more community-minded son Sartoris?
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